{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-17.5-16","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.5-16","heading":"Married patient.","body":"If married, patients shall be assured privacy for visits by the spouse; if both are inpatients in the facility, they may share a room unless medically contraindicated per written order of the physician and subject to the availability of accommodations within the facility.","path":["Title 23 Health and Safety","Chapter 17.5 Rights of Nursing Home Patients"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-17.5/23-17.5-16.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:45Z","sha256":"2185330364f8f656105b50d8b8d6b47de95f0bbfe5af93e1a6aae9ec930823d5","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-17.5-15","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-23-17.5-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}